At a meeting this week with Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Supt. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, parents and educators at Prescott Elementary School in West Oakland made clear...
The Oakland Unified School District has rehired widely respected administrator Tim White as Deputy Chief of Facilities to oversee construction and renovation projects on numerous major...
Gema Quetzal Cardenas Gema Quetzal Cardenas, 16, of Oakland, has been appointed to the California State Board of Education and is also serving as a student...
Ramona Bishop, long time teacher and school administrator, is working with a group of parents, students and educators, to create a network of charters schools in...
A diverse innovative group of youth has been selected to take part in VR Odyssey Spring Sessions, a grand leap CS / STEM program focused on...
Community organizers, parents and educators convened last week at Oakland’s Kingston 11 Jamaican Restaurant to take part in a kickoff for the State of Black Education...
California’s community colleges offer hands-on career training programs in more than 200 fields In today’s complex economy, workers increasingly need training beyond high school to...
Ben “Coach” Taspscott (top right) speaks at a meeting called by the school district Monday at Prescott Elementary to notify the school community of the possible...
More than 1,100 students in grades 6-12 and their families gathered in Christ the Light Cathedral in Oakland for the 18th Annual Latinx Student Honor Roll...
Muslim scholar Ahmad Rashid Salim speaks to a full classroom of students who gave up their lunch hour to learn about the different sects within Islam...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard In the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 students and staff, West Contra Costa...
Political opposition to charter schools has been growing, both locally and nationally. A recent report produced by a pro-charter school policy organization says that the continued...
(Left to right) Dane’Nicole Williams, Hailey King, Dazhane Labat, Tyrone Thompson, Madiagne Sarr, Kamani Taylor visited Mandela House in Soweto, a must-see stop for anyone visiting...
By Dirk Tillotson Many schools with strict discipline practice what they call a “no excuses” philosophy. The problem with many “no excuses” schools is that the...
By Will Kane UC Berkeley’s newest residence hall will be named after David Blackwell, the first Black professor to ever receive tenure at UC Berkeley and...
By Jeffrey Heyman Throughout the year, the Peralta Colleges—Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College and Merritt—hold some of the best African-American and Ethnic Studies...
The Black College Expo (BCE) state-to-state tour, presented by the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF), will host its 15th Annual Black College Expo Oakland at the...
No schools have yet been identified for closing, says district Rumors have been circulating around the Oakland Unified School District mentioning names of schools that may...
Michigan State University has announced a $1.47 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundationto build an online database focused on the African slave trade. The...
The Oakland Unified School District and AC Transit have announced that bus transportation service to Montera Middle School, Skyline High School and Community Day School will...
(Left to right) Student from QwaQwa, South Africa; Parish Kendricks, McClymonds Alumni; Jorge Abundis, Senior at McClymonds; Albert Mitchell, Senior at McClymond; Desean Neabeak-Brantley, McClymonds Alumni....
From left to right: Anaya Nassor, Ayanfe Durham and Brenda Hudson. By Dirk Tillotson Where you send your child to school is one of the most important decisions you can make....
Cestra “Ces” Butner. Photo by Sara Sandhu. Oakland businessman and community leader, Cestra “Ces” Butner, pledged another $500,000 to East Bay College Fund in front of...
The school board of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) voted Monday to give itself a raise despite their multi-million dollar budget deficit. Each of the...
Speakers line up at Oakland Board of Education meeting. Photo by Oakland North. Despite the calls to close schools in Oakland and other cities – as...
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